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883 mWainwright — Eastern Fells+3 bonus Birketts within 3 km

Raise at 883m (2,896ft) sits on the northern Helvellyn ridge just south of Sticks Pass, a broad, rounded top that Wainwright described as giving outstanding views north to Great Dodd and Clough Head and west to Thirlmere.

Summit conditions on Raise

On the summit on Tuesday 27 October: 10° to 3°C, gusts to 58 mph, 19.9 mm of rain forecast over the whole day, midnight to midnight.

Against our lines, Tuesday 27 October: wind, cold and cloud from the Met Office UKV 2 km model (daylight hours, as in the verdict above); rain from the summit line’s forecast (the whole day). A tile is large when this top is past its line.

Wind on the top

Past the line

74 mph, our estimate for the open top in the worst daylight hour

The Met Office 2 km model’s gust of 56 mph times our exposure factor of 1.32. The summit line above gives Open-Meteo’s highest gust for the whole day, 58 mph, before any exposure factor.

The line Our line: 25 mph, where our wind Scale begins its 25–35 band: “balance affected; buffeting on exposed ground”. MWIS describes what wind does to a walker across a range rather than at a line: from about 20–25 mph it starts to affect your balance.

Estimated: it is not calibrated against summit readings, and the two forecasts can disagree by more than a band.

Cloud on the top

Past the line

18 out of 100, the clear-top reading

Averaged over the daylight hours, from the forecast’s humidity and low cloud.

The line Our line: a clear-top reading under 20 out of 100, where our scorer says “summit likely clagged in”. There is no outside threshold to cite; it is our estimate. What cloud does to finding the way: navigating in cloud.

Not an observation: cloud lifts and drops within the hour.

Rain, and the becks

Past the line

19.9 mm of rain over the whole day, midnight to midnight

The same figure as the summit line above and the 7-day forecast.

The line Our line: 6 mm in the day, where our scorer counts a day as soaking. We read rainfall, never river levels: becks in spate.

Open-Meteo’s forecast. It says nothing about rain already in the ground.

Also checked cold: feels like −2 °C, no ice or snow forecast. Under a line is not the same as fine: it means only that these figures are under the lines we use.

Not in these tiles Lightning, river levels, snow or ice already lying, and the ground under your feet. A tile cannot see them, so an empty space here never means they are absent.

Snow figures with a second opinion: Powered by Met Office data

Full 7-day summit forecast ↓

Wainwrights are scored for walking conditions each morning from the Met Office’s UK forecast model, read for each summit through Open-Meteo; the forecast figures are Open-Meteo’s, worked out for the summit’s height. How we check →

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Routes up Raise

Choose the way up before the car park: these two routes start from two places, and the last two rows give the parking and bus at each route’s own start. Full maps further down.

Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and moreBrown Crag and Raise
Starts fromHigh RowLegburthwaite (United Utilities, small) (paid)
Distance and climb21.89 km, 1,281 m of climb10.76 km, 779 m of climb
Time, fast to steady~6½–8¾ h~3¼–4¾ h
ScramblingNot mentioned in the route’s notesNot mentioned in the route’s notes
ExposureModerateNot assessed
NavigationHardModerate
Steepest stretchDescent of about 32% at 16.6 km (Hard)Descent of about 40% at 9.4 km (Severe)
After the summitOver Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Great Dodd and Clough HeadNo further tops
Walked or plannedWalked by Lee, August 2023Planned: drawn, not yet walked
Car park at the startLow How (layby)Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small) (paid)
Bus to the start509, 1.6 km walk from Dockray, outside The Royal Hotel. The UB1 runs until 1 November 2026, the last day of its season.555 at the start

Times run from fast to steady pace (Naismith’s rule). Scrambling quotes each route’s own notes; “not mentioned” means they do not say, not that the ground has none. Each route’s page has its map, stages and GPX.

Distance, climb and the steepest stretch are measured from each route’s GPX track; the other grades are set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap, and each route page says which. How we check →

How hard is Raise?

The shortest way up we hold is Brown Crag and Raise — 10.76 km, 779 m of ascent, ~3¼–4¾ h. On our scale its hardest axis is steepness — Severe.

All axes: steepness: Severe · length: Moderate · navigation: Moderate · terrain: Not assessed · exposure: Not assessed.

These are the route page’s grades, set by the rules on how we grade: length and steepness measured from its GPX track, the others set on the ground, judged from the map or estimated from OpenStreetMap. The route page says which. How we check →

Conditions and 7-day summit forecast

Modelled for the 883 m summit (Open-Meteo). Check the Met Office mountain forecast and MWIS before you set off.

Full 7-day forecast
Tue 27 Oct
10° / 3°
58 mph
19.9 mm (100%)
Wed 28 Oct
7° / 4°
47 mph
8.2 mm (100%)
Thu 29 Oct
7° / 6°
26 mph
0.1 mm (33%)
Fri 30 Oct
7° / 5°
28 mph
0.0 mm (23%)
Sat 31 Oct
8° / 1°
14 mph
0.3 mm (18%)
Sun 1 Nov
6° / 0°
11 mph
0.0 mm (10%)
Mon 2 Nov
5° / -3°
16 mph
0.0 mm (0%)

Taken 27 October 2026, 08:13 UTC; the live forecast replaces it when it loads. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Pro mountain forecasts: MWIS · Met Office mountain forecast

Parking & buses for Raise

Parking

Route starts first, then the car parks nearest the summit, which are not always a way up.

Low How (layby) — at the start of Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and more
0.7 km from Low How. Seen full by about 08:00 on a Saturday - Lee's own visit; a single sighting rather than a pattern.
Gravel parking area at Low How on an August afternoon, full of cars, with woodland behind
Gravel parking area at Low How on an August afternoon, full of cars, with woodland behind Taken August 2023
Directions Something changed here?
Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small) — at the start of Brown Crag and Raise
St John's in the Vale — Sticks Pass side, High Rigg, Raven Crag. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked August 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com) (United Utilities, checked August 2026).
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: Roadside parking for Great How (free) (0.7 km) a few spaces only; Dam Triangle, Thirlmere (paid) (1.4 km, 70 m up); Roadside parking for Raven Crag (free) (1.5 km, 70 m up) a few spaces only
Legburthwaite Car Park (~8 m straight line) — Free
Swirls, Thirlmere (paid) — 2.6 km from summit (straight line)
The standard west-side route up Helvellyn via Browncove Crags. Fees: pay and display; coins and cards (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked August 2026). Pay and display (visitlakedistrict.com); named as a UU Thirlmere car park on unitedutilities.com, which states no fee details (United Utilities, checked August 2026).
Directions Something changed here?
If it is full: Station Coppice, Thirlmere (LDNPA, paid) (0.2 km); Legburthwaite (United Utilities, small) (3.4 km, 222 m up)
The Swirls Car Park (~49 m straight line) — Free · Accessible · RADAR key
4 more places to park near Raise
A591 north of Swirls (car park) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
Walking base for Helvellyn, Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side and Nethermost Pike — the 'Helvellyn from Swirls: the walkers’ way up' route starts 479 m away. Also serves 'Helvellyn & Nethermost Pike via Seat Sandal'. Fee not verified — check signage on arrival.
Directions Something changed here?
Station Coppice, Thirlmere (LDNPA, paid) — 2.7 km from summit (straight line)
A small Authority car park on the A591 at Thirlmere, just north of the larger Swirls car park and separate from it. 18 spaces. Fees: pay and display; cards only (Lake District National Park car-parks directory, checked September 2026). Charges apply 9am-6pm every day including Sundays and bank holidays (visitlakedistrict.com, checked August 2026).
Directions When people arrive, and what it costs →Something changed here?
Roadside parking for Great How (free) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
0.5 km from Great How. Added from the 5 August 2026 OSM candidate review.
Directions Something changed here?
Great How (layby) — 2.9 km from summit (straight line)
Community walk pages start here for 'The Dodds and Clough Head, via Sticks Pass and St John's in the Vale' (community walk listings). Free (OSM-tagged). Unpaved surface (OSM-tagged).
Directions Something changed here?

Positions are approximate.

Of the pay-and-display machine tickets sold at Station Coppice from 17 August 2024 to 31 March 2026, 15% were bought before 10am (our count of FOI/2026.500 ticket data). Contains public sector information provided by the Lake District National Park Authority and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Vehicles are left at their owner’s risk: we list places people park and cannot vouch for any of them. Take valuables with you and leave nothing on show.

Buses

The 555 stops at Stanah Dam road end (near), a 290 m walk from the start of Brown Crag and Raise — a route we rate Severe overall (hardest: steepness). As timetabled from 27 October to 1 November. Towards Kendal (555): Tuesday to Friday 21:35 to Ambleside, 20:35 to Windermere, 17:42 to Kendal; Saturday 21:35 to Ambleside, 20:35 to Windermere, 18:12 to Kendal; Sunday 19:42 to Windermere, 18:12 to Kendal. Checked against the operator’s timetable, 24 September 2026. Times here are a guide, not a promise — leave yourself more than the minute.

Stagecoach 555
Kendal – Staveley – Windermere – Ambleside – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere (Wythburn & Swirls) – Keswick
Catch it from: Windermere · Ambleside
Year-round, roughly hourly. The backbone bus of the A591 — ideal for Helvellyn (Wythburn/Swirls), Fairfield, the Central fells and anything around Grasmere/Rydal. From Penrith, take the X4/X5 to Keswick and change.

Rural routes change seasonally — confirm on stagecoachbus.com or Traveline before relying on a last bus.

Getting there across the Lake District: Buses · Parking map · By train · By boat

Hazards on Raise

Hazard & Incident Information for Raise

Checked by Lee McCoy, . Draws on published material from Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team. Editorial background, not a live callout feed.

Hazard: Moderate

A rocky-topped fell on the northern Helvellyn ridge, above the high crossing of Sticks Pass. In summer it's a straightforward ridge walk, but it holds snow longer than almost anywhere in the Lakes — long the home of the Lake District Ski Club — so its real hazards are winter ones: steep, hard snow slopes, an exposed high ridge, and volatile mountain weather. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team covers this ground.

  • Winter snow and ice: Raise catches and keeps snow, and its slopes can be hard enough that step-kicking alone won't get you up or down safely. When there's snow or ice you need an ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them; the steep flanks toward Keppel Cove and Sticks Gill are unforgiving of a slip.
  • Exposed high ridge & Sticks Pass: This is high, open ground with little shelter, and Sticks Pass is a high crossing, fully exposed to wind and fast-changing weather. Conditions can turn quickly; dress and plan for far worse than the valley.
  • Ridge navigation in cloud: The broad ridge and the pass junction are easy to misjudge in mist. Take a compass bearing before moving between Raise, White Side and Sticks Pass, and keep clear of the steeper eastern flanks.
Who should attempt this fell: In summer Raise is an easy, enjoyable ridge top; the danger is winter, when it holds hard snow and demands full winter kit and competence — treat the steep flanks and the descent to Sticks Pass with real respect. Carry map and compass for the exposed, featureless ridge, and be ready for the weather to change fast up here.

What to watch for: Slips on steep, hard snow and ice in winter without proper kit · Being caught out by rapidly changing weather on the exposed ridge · Navigation errors on the broad ridge and at Sticks Pass in cloud · Underestimating how long the fell holds winter conditions

Local Mountain Rescue: Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team

Safety: Always check current conditions, carry proper navigation equipment, and seek qualified instruction before heading onto the fells. In an emergency, call 999, ask for Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Report incorrect information

Navigating in cloud

Not graded by the model

Our terrain model finds nothing to grade on this summit, so it gives no cloud grade here — that is not a sign of easy navigation. Read this fell’s hazard notes and the route pages before a day in cloud. Carry map and compass, and know how to use them.

In winter — snow, whiteout, cornices, buried features — every top demands full winter navigation skills whatever its band, and a broad, gentle summit can be the worst place of all. See walking in bad weather and the navigation guide.

How Raise compares with all 214: the Clag Index (experimental).

If you need Mountain Rescue

Dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue.

Before you call, have ready: where you are (a grid reference if you can – the OS Locate app shows yours on your phone), what has happened, how many of you there are, and your mobile number.

Then stay where you are until the rescue team contacts you.

If you cannot make a voice call because of a hearing or speech impairment, emergency SMS works only if you have registered first: text “register” to 999.

From Mountain Rescue England and Wales’s guidance on calling them out (read 26 October 2026).

Map, GPX and nearby Birketts

Free mapping: OpenTopoMap / OpenStreetMap, with SRTM elevation data (switch layers top-right).

Parking, toilets and buses: Parking & buses ↑.

Birketts within 3 km of Raise

These Birkett tops are not Wainwright summits. Distances are straight lines: check the ground and access on a map before adding one.

1.5 km WBrown Crag610 m · Eastern
1.7 km NEGreen Side (White Stones)794 m · Eastern
1.9 km SSWHelvellyn Lower Man925 m · Eastern

Routes over Raise

Brown Crag and Raise
Summits: Brown CragWhite SideRaise

Download GPX Planned route · not yet walked

Warnings: The Helvellyn range holds hard icy snow well into spring, and cornices form over Keppel Cove. This is full winter mountaineering ground — ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, and a wide margin kept from the corniced edges. Raise catches and keeps snow, and its slopes can be hard enough that step-kicking alone won't get you up or down safely. When there's snow or ice you need an ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them; the steep flanks toward Keppel Cove and Sticks Gill are unforgiving of a slip.

Route guide →

Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and more
Summits: Birkett FellHart SideRaiseStybarrow DoddWatson's DoddGreat DoddClough Head

Download GPX Walked by Lee, August 2023

Warnings: Watson's Dodd: The flat grassy top has almost no features and only a small cairn at its western edge — in mist it's easy to cross the plateau without finding the summit, or to leave on the wrong bearing. Navigate by compass and don't rely on spotting the cairn. Raise catches and keeps snow, and its slopes can be hard enough that step-kicking alone won't get you up or down safely. When there's snow or ice you need an ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them; the steep flanks toward Keppel Cove and Sticks Gill are unforgiving of a slip. Almost all grass with few features, the Dodds are a notorious place to go wrong in mist or whiteout — easy to drift off a vague bearing into the wrong valley. Take and trust a compass bearing before leaving the summit; don't navigate by the feel of the slope. Great Dodd: The wide grassy dome has almost nothing to fix on, and in thick cloud you may not see the cairn until you're on it. This is a notorious place to wander off line. Take and trust a compass bearing before leaving the top; don't navigate by the lie of the slope.

From the hazard notes for Watson's Dodd · Great Dodd, each with its sources.

Route guide →

Every line here is a guide, not a guarantee — conditions change. Navigate for yourself and carry a map and compass. How to use this guide.

On the hill: terrain and water on Raise

Water & shelter on the way up

On the Brown Crag and Raise route:

bus shelter (78 m off the line) Thirlmere Dam Road End (219 m from the start, straight line)

On-route facilities © OpenStreetMap contributors, per route — an absent marker doesn’t mean none.

About Raise

Raise - a broad grassy fellside with grazing sheep, fells and a hazy lake beyond under a heavy grey sky
© Lee McCoy

The summit plateau is broad and featureless, but its position above Sticks Pass makes it a commanding viewpoint. Most naturally combined with White Side and Stybarrow Dodd as part of the northern Helvellyn ridge walk. Sticks Pass also gives a way up from Glenridding.

Field notes

Raise is a fell that probably gets missed when people summit Helvellyn as I expect most do what I did which is do the clockwise route that also takes in White Side and Lower Man. I added this fell to my route that included Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd etc. That added a lot more vertical gain, but the track is distinctive and good going - the cost of bagging this one is mostly distance. Just like Nethermost Pike there's a smattering of rocks and a summit cairn, what that other fell doesn't have is a ski lift for those brave enough to venture out in the snow and what a quick route up as they take the even faster route down.

— Lee McCoy, who walked it on our Hart Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Watson's Dodd and more route in August 2023

My Strava hikes over Raise

1 logged hike pass over this summit:

Data from Strava.

Classifications & hill data

Is Raise a Wainwright?

Raise is a Wainwright. It is also on the Birkett list, the Synge list, the Nuttall list, the Fellranger list and the Hewitt list.

Selected lists

Wainwright
Eastern
Birkett
Fellranger
Synge
Nuttall
Hewitt
883 m
Height
2,896 ft
In feet
NY 3428 1741
Grid ref

This is the summit’s grid reference. If you call from anywhere else, give your own position, not this one.

The summit is also a Birkett.

Lists, height and summit position from the Database of British and Irish Hills; the feet are converted from its metres and the grid reference from that position. How we check →

The view from Raise

The 360° skyline from Raise

A computed 360° skyline — every visible named top labelled by distance and bearing, from the terrain model in perfect clarity, not photographed. Drag to pan; reveal the far four-nations horizon.

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Computed 360-degree skyline from Raise36 labelled tops shown (19 distant behind the far-horizon toggle). Theoretical visibility in perfect clarity; computed from terrain, not photographed.eye levelNNEESESSWWNWScafell Pike · 16 kmSkiddaw · 14 kmBowfell · 15 kmGreat Gable · 15 kmPillar · 18 kmFairfield · 6 kmBlencathra · 10 kmGreat Dodd · 3 kmGrasmoor · 17 kmSt Sunday Crag · 5 kmCrinkle Crags South Top · 16 kmHigh Street · 12 kmHart Crag · 7 kmHigh Stile · 18 kmHigh Raise · 11 kmKnowe Crags · 10 kmSwirl How · 18 kmGrisedale Pike · 15 kmThornthwaite Crag · 12 kmIll Bell · 14 kmRobinson · 14 kmLong Side · 14 kmPike of Blisco · 15 kmCross Fell · 38 km · clear daysHelvellyn · 2 kmHelvellyn Lower Man · 2 kmStybarrow Dodd · 2 kmGreen Side · 2 kmThe Knott · 11 kmRanderside · 4 kmBirkett Fell · 3 kmRed Crag · 11 kmLonscale Pike · 11 kmSheffield Pike · 3 kmLoadpot Hill · 11 kmWether Hill · 11 kmEsk Pike · 14 kmGategill Fell Top · 10 kmRed Pike · 19 kmLingmell · 16 kmKirk Fell · 16 kmGrey Friar · 19 kmHopegill Head · 16 kmGreat Rigg · 7 kmHigh Crag · 17 kmHarrison Stickle · 12 kmScar Crags · 14 kmWhiteless Pike · 16 kmDodd · 18 kmCatstye Cam · 2 kmGavel Fell · 23 kmGavel Pike · 5 kmLow Raise · 12 kmUllscarf · 7 kmBowscale Fell · 13 kmGreat Calva · 15 kmHigh Pike · 18 kmLittle Calva · 15 kmHobcarton End · 16 kmHeron Pike · 3 kmSwineside Knott · 4 kmCommon Fell · 5 kmLord's Seat · 17 kmSwarth Fell · 11 kmWhinlatter Top · 16 kmBonscale Pike · 11 kmSouther Fell · 12 kmDodd · 14 kmTarbarrel Moss · 16 kmBarf · 16 kmSighty Crag · 69 km · clear daysHeughscar Hill · 16 kmSale Fell · 19 kmLittle Eycott Hill · 13 kmHoove · 67 km · clear daysWhite Hill · 67 km · clear daysMerrick · 114 km · a rare clear dayCairnsmore of Carsphairn · 110 km · a rare clear dayThe Cheviot · 118 km · a rare clear dayCairnsmore of Fleet · 98 km · a rare clear dayWindlestraw Law · 126 km · a handful of days a yearTinto · 123 km · a handful of days a yearSlieve Croob · 193 km · a handful of days a yearYr Eifl · 198 km · a handful of days a yearGreen Lowther · 104 km · a rare clear dayPendle Hill · 89 km · a rare clear dayDivis · 194 km · a handful of days a yearEttrick Pen · 91 km · a rare clear dayCauldcleuch Head · 84 km · a rare clear dayPeel Fell · 87 km · a rare clear dayBlackwood Hill · 81 km · a rare clear dayLaw Kneis · 96 km · a rare clear dayKirkland Hill · 116 km · a rare clear dayBirks Fell · 71 km · a rare clear dayBillinge Hill · 117 km · a rare clear day
The skyline as a list, by direction
  • North: Great Dodd (3 km), Knowe Crags (10 km), Gategill Fell Top (10 km), Blencathra (10 km), Atkinson Pike (11 km)
  • East: High Raise (11 km)
  • South-east: St Sunday Crag (5 km), High Street (12 km)
  • South: Fairfield (6 km), Hart Crag (7 km), Swirl How (18 km)
  • South-west: Esk Pike (14 km), Great End (15 km), Bowfell (15 km), Great Gable (15 km), Pike de Bield (15 km), Shelter Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags (15 km), Crinkle Crags (16 km), Crinkle Crags (16 km), Ill Crag (16 km), Crinkle Crags (16 km), Broad Crag (16 km), Crinkle Crags South Top (16 km), Lingmell (16 km), Scafell Pike (16 km)
  • West: Crag Hill (15 km), Eel Crag (16 km), Grasmoor (17 km), High Stile (18 km), High Stile (18 km), Pillar (18 km), Black Crag (19 km), Red Pike (19 km), Scoat Fell (19 km)
  • North-west: Skiddaw South Top (14 km), Skiddaw Middle Top (14 km), Skiddaw (14 km), Skiddaw North Top (14 km), Broad End (15 km)

On the clearest days the far horizon adds: Merrick (114 km, Scotland), Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (110 km, Scotland), The Cheviot (118 km, England), Cairnsmore of Fleet (98 km, Scotland), Corserine (110 km, Scotland), Windlestraw Law (126 km, Scotland), Lamachan Hill (109 km, Scotland), Tinto (123 km, Scotland).

Computed from Copernicus GLO-30 terrain; distant tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills v18.4 (CC BY 4.0). See how we compute the view · and the summit intervisibility report below.

Sunrise and sunset on Raise

Raise catches the sun before the valley does. On not one of the sixteen dates modelled does this summit wait for first light — the eastern horizon falls away rather than standing over you, and at midsummer the light reaches it 6 minutes before almanac sunrise.

0°30°40°50°60°04:30
Midsummer. The filled shape is the skyline as seen from the summit; the line is the sun’s path. Where they meet is first light — everything left of that point is the wait.
Times for 2026, in Lakeland clock time (GMT in winter, BST in summer) — and model outputs rather than observations.
First lightAlmanac sunriseDifference
Midsummer04:30 BST ±5.0 min04:36-6 min
Equinox06:11 GMT ±5.0 min06:15-4 min
Midwinter08:28 GMT ±5.0 min08:33-5 min

A low, open northern horizon — the ground falls away northwards (mean -0.53°).

Last light — when the sun leaves Raise

The evening here runs close to the flat-horizon case. Even on its earliest evening of the modelled year (on 1 December) last light is only 2 minutes before almanac sunset, so the published sunset time is a fair guide on Raise.

The evening of the same three days. A negative difference means a ridge takes the sun before the valley loses it.
Last lightAlmanac sunsetDifference
Midsummer21:59 BST ±5.0 min21:52+7 min
Equinox18:32 GMT ±5.0 min18:26+6 min
Midwinter15:51 GMT ±5.0 min15:48+3 min

These are daylight figures, not a descent plan: the light goes on fading for a good while after the sun leaves, and going down in it is a decision about your own ground and party, not about this table.

What you can see from Raise

On a clear day — computed sightlines, curvature- and refraction-corrected.
119Wainwrights in view+17 marginal
115 kmFurthest sightlineMerrick · possible under favourable refraction
3Sea in viewIrish Sea, Solway Firth, Morecambe Bay

On the clearest days the view reaches across to Scotland.

Far horizons
  • Merrick ScotlandNW · 115 km clear
  • Criffel ScotlandNW · 60 km distant
  • Ingleborough Yorkshire DalesSE · 59 km clear
  • Whernside Yorkshire DalesSE · 53 km clear
  • Irish Sea open waterW · 52 km in view
  • Solway Firth bay/estuaryNW · 49 km in view
  • Morecambe Bay bay/estuaryS · 48 km in view
  • Great Dun Fell North PenninesENE · 40 km clear
  • Cross Fell North PenninesENE · 38 km clear
All 119 Wainwrights in clear view (nearest first)

White Side, Stybarrow Dodd, Catstye Cam, Helvellyn, Watson's Dodd, Birkhouse Moor, Sheffield Pike, Hart Side, Great Dodd, Glenridding Dodd, Raven Crag, St Sunday Crag, Birks, Armboth Fell (Armboth Fell South Top), High Tove, High Seat, High Rigg (Naddle Fell), Fairfield, Bleaberry Fell, Place Fell, Hart Crag, Great Rigg, Angletarn Pikes (Angletarn Pikes North Top), Walla Crag, Gowbarrow Fell (Wainwright summit), Great Crag (Stonethwaite), Grange Fell (Brund Fell), Brock Crags (Wainwright), Hartsop Dodd, Hallin Fell, The Nab, Great Mell Fell, Rest Dodd, Latrigg, Rosthwaite Fell - Bessyboot, Steel Knotts (Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts), High Raise (High White Stones), Red Screes, Sergeant Man, Gray Crag, Cat Bells (Catbells), Little Mell Fell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, The Knott (High Street), Maiden Moor, High Spy, Rampsgill Head, High Raise (High Street), Thunacar Knott, Lonscale Fell, Wether Hill, Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike, Thornthwaite Crag, Harrison Stickle, Souther Fell, Glaramara, Dale Head, Arthur's Pike, Barrow, Hindscarth, Skiddaw Little Man, Causey Pike, Bowscale Fell, Base Brown, Ill Bell, Rossett Pike, Allen Crags, Carl Side, Scar Crags, Ard Crags, Outerside, Brandreth, Dodd (Skiddaw), Robinson, Fleetwith Pike, Skiddaw, Yoke, Esk Pike, Green Gable, Long Side, Knott Rigg, Great End, Bowfell, Sail, Great Calva, Great Gable, Pike of Blisco, Crag Hill (Eel Crag), Grisedale Pike, Bakestall, Haystacks (Buttermere), Wandope, Kentmere Pike, Crinkle Crags - Long Top (Second Crinkle), Barf, Cold Pike, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Kirk Fell, Whiteless Pike, Hopegill Head, High Crag (Buttermere), Lord's Seat, Whinlatter (Brown How - Whinlatter), Whiteside (Whiteside West Top), High Pike (Caldbeck), Pillar, Great Carrs, Swirl How, Red Pike (Buttermere), Red Pike (Wasdale), Sale Fell, Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell), Mellbreak (Mellbreak South Top), Starling Dodd, Hen Comb, Gavel Fell, Blake Fell

How the view from Raise compares with all 214 — the View Report: every Wainwright ranked by what you can see from the top.

How the skyline, light and sightlines are computed

Computed, not photographed. First light is the first minute the sun’s upper limb clears this summit’s own skyline and last light the last minute it is still clear of it, both solved against the 360° horizon profile behind The View from Raise. Almanac sunrise and sunset are the flat-horizon convention. Every time carries a ± band from the 30 m elevation model — it smooths arêtes and cornices, so nothing here claims better than five minutes.

Sightlines from the Copernicus GLO-30 elevation model, which is a surface model: each 30 m cell holds the top of whatever stands there, trees and buildings included, rather than bare ground. Corrected for the Earth’s curvature and average atmospheric refraction. “Distant” sightlines and any over 100 km depend on exceptionally clear air. Modelled from Copernicus GLO-30 open elevation data — a guide to the view, not a guarantee of any single one.

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Other fells near Raise

Places nearby: Thirlmere